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Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18
The Local Press.

The following g tribute to the To- cal press IS credited to the late Hon. David Davis:
 "Each year every local paper gives from S1OO to 5000 in free lines for the community in which it is located. No other agency can or will do this. The local editor in proportion to his means, does more for his town than any other ten men, and in ali fairness, man with man, he ought to be support ed, not because you happen to like him or admire his writings, but be cause a local paper is the best in. yestment community can make. It may not be brilliant or crowded with great thoughts, but financial ly it is more of a benefit to a com munity than q teacher or a preach. CT. Understand us now, we do not mean morally or Intellectually, but financially; and yet on the moral question you will find the majority of the local papers are on the right side of the question. To- day the editors of local papers do the most work of any men on earth. Subscribe for your local pa per, not as a charity, but as an in. vestment.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18
You VIII Be Wanted.

Take courage young man. What if you are but an humble and Ob. scure apprentice--a poor, neglec. ted orphan, a scoff and by-word to the thoughtless and gay, win" despise virtue in rags, because of it's tatters: Have you an intelli. gent mind, all antutOred tbongh it may be! Have you a virtnons aim, pure desire and an honest heart! Depend upon it one of these days you will pc wanted :. The time may not long be deferred. You may grow to manhood, and may even reach your prime, ere the call is made; but virtnous aims pure desires and honest hearts are too few and sacred not to be wan. ted. Your virtues shall not al- ways wrap you about as with a mantel. obscuritv shall not always veil you from the multitude. Be courageous in your combat with circum stances. Be ever active, however small may be your sphere of action. It will surely enlarge with every moment, and your in- fluence will have constant in. crease.
 Work on, for surely you will be wanted, and then comes your It. ward. Never despair; for the lives of good men abundantly tes- tify, that often when the clouds are blackest and the tempest is fercest, and hope is fainTest, d still small voice will be heard say ing, "come hither-you are want. ed," and all your powers will find employment. nt.-Texarkana lnde. pendent.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18
A Word to Mothers.
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Teach your boy to be courteous and obliging This you can do in the nursery by precept, but you can also point out to him when abroad the courteOusness of other gentlemanly boys, and show you how much you admire it.
 An unselfish and non.self.lndul. gent boy will generally grow up a gentleman in manners; at all events, the converse is true.
 Teach your child to be honest and honorable, in all his doings and dealings with his brothers and sisters; and teach him, too, that rare virtues, which ever follows at the heels of truth.
 Order and regulation are no mean requirements. Ii they be not taught early they will never be learned. A child should be made to put his toys away, each in its proper place, and even to know where he puts his clothes, so that he could find then, in the dark. So will he be tidy in his person, tidy in the apartment he occupies, and orderly and tidy in life.
 1 need not to tell you to teach your child to pray. nor remind you how religion SOftens One's path through this world, and lengthens life itself by giving hope and calm in the hour of peril and of sick ness. English Writer,
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18
The Earnnestness of Life.

: The earnnestneSs of life does not impress itself upon many of our young men. and much valua. ble time is lost in consequence. Life is intensely earnest, and if we are to maintain ourselves in the conflict we must employ every mOmen: and every resource with in us or within our reach to the very best advantage. The man who is alert and industrious aud who has reasonable appreciation of the responsibilities of life will likely be a successful man. He will have no time and no desire to bother himself with side and unprotitable issues. He will have no inclination to meddle with oth- CT peoples business, and that in. clination is one of the most seri. ous drawbacks that people sener- ally ever experience. Mind your own business. Let other people take care of theirs. Never intrnde advice upon others. If your ad. vice is wanted, it will he asked. If it is not asked, do not give it in business matters. If that rule was followed and men would strict. ly confine themselves to thelr own affairs, some people would be able to utilize half their lives which are now utterly waste d in meddling. The charm which Oth : CT peoples business ..has upon some is a curious thing. They will pause in their own pursuits to learn what their neighbOr is doing. They will pause in their own con. versation to hear what others are talking about. But the earnest man will apply himself to his own affairs. He will not strain his ears to listen to conversation that does not concern him, nor his eyes to- behold what is really Ofno inter : est to him.
 Be earnest. Do not nope through tue world. Do. not spend precious time in frivOlity. Do not indulge even in the smallest of vi : ces, for they scar and debilitate. Settle upon course of life and follow it steadily. Do not loaf away the moments. "COunt that day lost whose slow descending sun views from that hand no wOr thy action done.' Take your hands out of your pockets and be man among men and cultivate e a determination to make your mark in the world. Young men, if you will follow this homely ad- vice, it will put money in your pocket and joy in your soul and add very greatly to the aggregate happiness and prosperity of socie. tV.--Ey.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18
NOBILITY.

True worth is in being, not seeming;
 In doing each day that goes by Some little good thing-not in dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For whatever men say in their blindness
 And spite of the fancies of youth, There's nothing so kingly as kindness,
 And nothing so royal as truth. We get back our mete as We measure
 We cannot do wrong and feel right. Nor cah we give pain and feel pleasure,
 For justice avenges each slight. The air for the wing of a sparrow,
 The bush for the robin or wren, But always the path that is narrow
 And straight for the children of men. 'Tis not in the pages of story
 The heart of its ills to beguie. Thongh he who gives courtship to glory Gives all that he hath for a smile. For when from her heights he has won her, Alas. it's only to prove, There's nothing so loyal as honor,
 And nothing so loyal us love.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18

Our attention has been called to another dearful crime in Yer. mont. A man walked deliberate ly into the railroad library room the other day, and took the life oi Macaulay. The wretch has N. far escaped, but it is suspected that he has gone to Reading.-E
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18
GUY NELSON. ATTORNEY.At-LAW.
pr. w. E. ARNOLD, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN.

PRESCOTT, ARK. have located at Prescott for the purpose oi practicins medicine.
 ekS-O Office at Milburn's Drug Store Can be found during th. night at John Mil burns residence.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18
The MuIticharge Cannon.

Colonel Haskell asks Congress | for an appropriation for the further test of the multicharge gun, with 1 the expectation of furnishing a cannon that will beat the world The trials of the Haskell gun at Sandy Hook developed the fact that his 6 inch gun, of poor metal, with projectile of III pounds and powder 11G pounds, showing q pressure of 2J,OOO pounds at the 4th pocket, had greater range and penetration than krupp II inch breech loading gun, of best steel, which showed an initial pressure of 4O,s29 pounds per square inch, projectile 76O, powder 254 pounds. The contrast is great, and the results established by the trials are sufficient to warrant the construction of additional Haskell guns of best materials and work manship for further experiments. We believe no gun of power equal to Haskell's, size considered, has ever been produced Tn this or any other country. If properly made and used, the weapon prom ises to surpass all others. It is, moreover, a purely American gun, and its further development should bc literally encouraged. The novelty consists in attaching to the barrel of the gun, at inter- vals along it's length, series of exterior powder pockets, that com municate with the interior of the barrel. The ball is started from the breech by d moderate charge of powder in the usual manner; when the ball passes beyond the first pocket, the burning powder fires the charge contained in the pock- ct, and its pressure is added to that of the initial charge, and so on; each pocket of powder con. tributes successfully to a,.d new pressure behind the projectile. The aggregate pressure of the whole powder used is thus deliver ed gradually by successive explo- siOns against the pr0jectile, which, consequently, takes higher velOc- ity and has more power than the ordinary single charge gun. The theory of the Haskell gun is cor rect, and when the best construc. ton is ascertained, it itprObably will excel in performance all other
 forms of ordnance. But sit isn't English, you know" and conse quently some of the old army and navy officers sheer at it. Never theless, we trust Congress will grant a liberal appropriation for the thorough testing of the new arm, and thus help in showing what homo genius can accomplish. Everybody laughed at EricsOn's first little raft, with It's irOn-cased hOgshead on deck. But it silenced the enemy, and all the navies of the world soon copied it. The first Haskell gun has proved quite as successful in its way as was the first Monitor.-Scientiic Ameri- can.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18
A GOOD OMEN.

leiTlDle lnueeu was tne Iate which menanced the passenger and crew of the wrecked ship. Hilda.
 Lilla Brente, an orphan maiden, with her widowed aunt. had taken passage npon the IIilda for Amer. ica, and her pretty face and win ming ways had won a warm place for her in all hearts.
 She had brought on board q white carrier pigeon, which had huttered helplessly down at her feet the year before, maimed by a shot from some unskillful sports. man.
 A billet had been fastened under it's wing, but it's contents were in a tongue unfamiliar to those who pc. rused it, and it would have been thrown carelessly away had it not been saved by Lila.
 She had nursed the bird back to health, and although eventually meaning again to put the billet in its place, under it's pinion, and send it forth into the realms of space, she had not vet schoOled herself into parting with it.
 An indulgent relative had pro- cured for Lila delicate chain of silver, so that she could fasten it about one slender leg, and thus keep the bird partial prisoner.
 Lilla's courage and fortitude had been the one bright spot on board during the terrible hours of sus- pense which followed the fury of the storm which had wrecked the staunch ship.
 No murmer came from her lips, and she refused to take more than just enough to sustain life, saying that those who had the work of pumping and managing the maimed vessel needed it more than an idler like herself.
 The sight of her gave the sailors courage.
 They felt that no craft would go down with such a freight on board.
 But weary days passed without sign of succor; and, hungry and cold. their courage sank at last.
 Lilla's cheeks were no longer like rose. They rivaled her name. But her eyes seemed bright CT and clearer with each passing day.
 One morning, with only a piece of biscuit between each man and starvation, Lila threw off the shy. ness which had thus far kept her silent on the subject and said:
 wLet us all kneel down and pray together. There is promise that when two or three are gathered to- gether in Gods name their request shall be granted. We can surely say the Lords Prayer, every one of us
 Then Lilla knelt down, her white bird on her shoulder, and her cheeks gaining d little of their na- tnral color in the elevation of the moment.
 They commenced with the first words of that prayer the most el' oquent and comprehensible one in the whole wOrld-and without one exception the other voices added their quota of the sound. Those who had forgotten it, or, it may be, had never known it, followed after, word by word.
 It was a solemn and touching scene, never to be forgotten by those who were participants in it.
 After they had risen from their knees again, a sudden cry broke from Lilla's lips, and looking to- wards her, to the surprise of all, the cause was seen. The pet pig, con had broken a link of it's detain- ing chain. and had tiuttered off in- to the blue sky which arched above in d seeming sunny mockery of their desolate state.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18
PRESCOTT NEVADA COUNTY ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 1S 1884,

was home last time. He says most probably accident happened on his hOming trip"
 "HOw long ago was it?" asked Lilla.
 'It was about two years since." q found my pigeon lying almost dead just about that time,' said Llla. "And he had a note tied under his wing with the oldest. looking writing on it l ever saw, shouldn't wonder if it came from the East Indies; I will get the note and show you. saved it, mean ing to be honorable, and let the pigeon take it to its proper owner when I could make up my mind to part with the pretty creature"
 And Lilla put her bright lips to her pets white breast with a lov. ing gesture.
 "DOn't do anything of the kind. You've got an undoubted right to the bird. That would be an excess of honesty.'
 Lilla smiled at the captains views regarding her intended re- storatiOn.
 "YOur advice agrees with my wishes, but don't quite think with my conscience" she said. "But 1 will get the billet"
 It proved to be as much of a puzzle to the Captain as to Lilla. So they had to wait for it's sOlu- ton until land was reached.
 That time soon arrived, and then Lilla was dOmiciled with her relatives, who had almost given ur all hope of welcoming her, thinking that the ship Hilda must have shared the fate of others which had been given up for lost.
 One evening the captain called to see her, accompanied by hls learned son, who was so shy and constrained in his manner that Lilla at first thought him nnin. teresting but she found herself mistaken before the call was oyer, as he could talk German with her like a native, and once warmed to his subject, lost the coldness which had at first seemed to chill Lila.
 The pet pigeon came in for his full share of interest, although he did not prove to he the old friend the captain had spoken of.
 The professor was able to trans late the contents of the billet, which was written in one of the obtruse tongues which he had mas. tered. It had been undoubtedly penned in spirit of spOrtful TO- mance by some young scholar in a foreign university, and fastened to a homing pigeon. The writer lit. tie thought how like prophecy the ensuing events would make 1t seem. Go forth, white bird, to one whose maiden
 soul
 Is like thy gleaming plumage-white. Tell her that OCT the pillows thunderous
 roll,
 One waits her coming-her true knight.
 It has proved a true prophecy. Lilla and the professor are to be married in the spring.-New York Waverly.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18
Bad Blood at Brunswick, Ga.

have tried B. B. B. and found it n great thing for the blood. l also had rheumatic pains and the Use of one bottle of B. B. E. has done the work, but will finish mp on the second bottle as a clintcher. May God spread it to everyone is my prayer.
 W. R. ELLIS. Brunswick, Ga., April 2s, 1886.
 All who desire full information about the cause and cure of Blood Posons, Scrofula and ScrofuloNs Swelings, Ulcers, Sores, Rheumatism, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh, etc., can secure by mail free A copy of our 32-page Illustrated Book of Wonders, filled with the most wonderful and startling proof ever before known.
 Address, BLOOD BALM CO,
 Atlanta, Ga. For sale by IT.. Moncref & Bro; J. o. Howell, and Jno. NJ. Milburn, Prescott, Ark.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18

"Why is woman always too late for the traln," says an eX. change. She isn't. Although she may appear to be too late for the train that has just gone out, the truth is simply tha, she is too early for the next one.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18
BLOOD OF \ TEXAN.

For six years l have been afflicted with blood poison, which continued to increase, while physicians were attempting to cure me. One bottle of B. B. B. has made me feel like new man, and l am now rapidly recovering. W. II. DAVIS.
 San Morcas, Texas, May 3, 1886.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-18

Scene in a hotel twenty five years heuce:--Guest to porter - "Can you tell me what time it is?" Porter-"Yes, sir; it's half past twelve. That'll cost you fifty cents, please. ."-Merchant Travel CT.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-26
Finding a Lost Car.


A very singular loss and recovery occurred
recently on the Union Pacific near Laramie.
A special freight, running passenger time
ran around curve so fast that 1t whipped
off the rear car, filed with choice Chinese
silks, into the gulch, where 1t disappeared
from sight in the heavy brush. The break
was so clean that the two sections were
coupled together without the single cars abb
sence being noticed. For two months that
car lay there, while the entire road was De
ing searched high and low for 1t, and not
soul could guess where 1t had gone Inc
other day q cowboy rode into small station
on the line and casually asked when they
were going to clear up that wreck down In
the gulch. The agent knew Of no wreck and
thought the cowboy was fooling with MIN,
but at last, convinced he was in earnest,
went with him to the spot where he had In
dictated the wreck was TO be found: There
at the bottom Of very deep fill, behind
huge pile Of powders and g mass Of sage
bush, lay the missing car, No. 90. IL was
resting on its side, and strangely enough the
trucks were In proper place. The doors
were sealed, and there was nothing beyond q
few bruises and dents in the roof and sides
to show that there had been any rosgh treat
ment experienced. The agent thought he was
dreaming, but when he found he was wide
awake, he lost no time in hurrying home and
telegraphing to headquarters. The car was
raised and contents found intact The adj
mirable weather Of the mountain region, the
absence of rain, and the unfortunate TACT
that the car was completely hidden from RON
view from the track above, combined W ~ pi ~
tect the valuable cargo from the raVas ,ha "a
the elements or Of passing tramps, 80 t"oAo
was not dollars worth OF loss 70 'no io''
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-26

but because Of the intimate commercial re
lotions of the two countries. The English
Government recognized this fact when 1t
erected the magnificent building which the
Minister now occupies, and which was the
first legation building foreign
government ever erected in Washington.
This mansion Is seat of splendid Inequalities
The noble mahogany table Of its dining-room
has a seating capacity Of fifty guests with
room enough to spare. and every year, ON the
Queens birthday a banquet Is given by the
Minister, to which all the foreign ambassa-
doris resident in Washington are invited.
The family of Sir Lionel consists OF three
daughters all in society, The eldest OF them
Miss Victoria has been the hostess OF her
fathers house since he has been in America.
Lionel Sackville Sackville-West, son Of
the fifth Earl de Ia War;, was born in
1927. His pablo career began in 1S45, when
he served as Assistant PTecis- Writer TO the
Earl Of Aberdeen. In 1647, he served in the
Foreign Office. Between that date and 1858
he served successfully as Attache to the Lee
cations at Lisbon, Naples, Stuttgart, Burlin
and Turin, at which latter Court he was
Charge d'Affaires till 1868. He was then
transferred TO Madrid, where he was Charge
d'Affaires till 1867. After being promoted
to the Secretaryship Of the Berlin Embassy,
he was, in 1868, transferred to Paris. where,
between that date and 1872, he was on sever
al occasions Minister Plenipotentlary in the
absence Of the Ambassador. In that year he
was promoted 20 be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argen-
tine Republic, and in 1873 was appointed to
fulfil the same important functions in Spain.
He was appointed to the Enthusiastically at
Washington, in 1882, Sir Edward Thornton
having expressed wish to retire.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-26

body Is thrown almost equally on the bar
and bolt Very great care has TO be used In
the manufacture Of all the bars, bolts and
steel work in the leg The bolts are made
as hard as possible, but the other steel parts
are made little softer. so as 70 prevent fric-
ton. The bolts are also interchangeable, SO
when after Eve years e slight wear Is noticed
In them, frequently so slight that the rough
ness can only be perceived by running the
finger across the bolts, by turning them
quarter round fresh side can be exposed TO
the rubbing.
The leg, after being shaped and fitted, Is
covered with raw calf skin, slightly damp,
and Is then hung up TO dry over a fire Tor
three or four days. The calf-skin Is then
sand-papered to the smOothness OF a watcn
crystal and the limb Is covered with 80 coat
ings Of enamel, which give it cold life-lke-
ness There Is, Of course, every variety OF
size, for persons weighing from 40 10 5OO
pounds. Mr.. Douglass has orders from al
over the world and makes on an average ~
limbs a year. His patent was taken out In
1860, and he Is a persistent exhibitor az mo
chanieal fairs He has also the contract Tor
furnishing limbs for the government, VINO
allow any man manned in their service q
new leg every five years, or an equiYalent IN
money. The government Is very generous
In this respect, making their contractors
guarantee perfect satisfaction by giving SlO,-
600 bonds and allow the soldiers railroad
and sleeping car fares to the place Oh manu-,
facture. They pay S75 for each artinclai
limb. Others have to pay from 500 10 sioV.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-26
Polite Society In Arkansas.

Il desire to retire." said Boston guest to
the proprietor of hotel in Arkansas.
'sYou which ?" asked the dazed man.
81 desire to retire."
''You what?"
81 desire to retire"
"Well-l-I-I'll be burned If / b'lieve
we've got it in the house, mister"
"Got what?" asked the amazed guest. Il
didn't ask for anything"
''Well, say it agin and see If L kin ketch
lit is strange you cannot understand plain
English. / simply said l desire to retire,
that is, / wish to go to my ROOM"
aOh-aw-ohl That's hit. You want ter
turn in, ehP Why MT you say so? We don't
know nuthin' bout 'desirin' ter retire here
in Arkansas. w e just put off to bed"
And when he came down stairs he said to
his wife: :.
"If that's the way they talk in Boston II
amt no wonder there's so many fools there.
Desire to retire. Well be burned"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-26
LIONEL sAcKVILLE WEST.
Career OF .the British Minister and
Commissions OF Fisheries.

When the members of the British Fisher
Commission, now in Washington, were
formally introduced to President Cleveland
their presentation was discharged by Seere-
tary Bayard and the resident representative
of the English Government This eminent
diplomatist, who will take probably lead
ing part in the discussion of the fisheries
dispute between this country and Canada,
has been British Ambassador at Washington
since 1882. The English is the most import
ant Of the embassies at the American capt.
tai not only on account of the close proxlml-
ty of the British possessions in America.